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Old 04-03-2020 | 12:29 AM
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tomhugill
 
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Whilst jim had done a great job with the head lights I realised the dimensions weren't quite right stock and it made it impossible the place the other furniture on the front plate.

Luckily I was supplied with some metal leopard 2 head lamps. The detail is gorgeous and whilst not right ootb they were a better base to start with.

The stock lights attached straight to the support with no stalk, this meant they were positioned wrong or the bases were in the wrong place. On the leo ones the stalk was too long but it gave scope to cut it back. The other big difference is the leo headlights have an appendage on top of the unit, this was cut off, blended and filled where needed. The backing supports from hl were retained but trimmed to match the new head light bases. A hole for the led wires was drilled through the front plate and everything attached.

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The rest went on without much fuss, I drilled the holes for the big rivets slightly and cut the half conical pieces slightly to get everything to fit at the right angle.



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